Off the Scent
A little boy who went to school for the first time had returned home and his father inquired how he liked it. "It's all right, but they ask too many questions," said the lad. "Pirsfc they asked me where you were born and I told them. Then they asked where mother was born and I told them. But when they asked me where I was born. I had to tell a lie." "Why?"*' asked his father. "I didn't want to say I was born in the Women 's Hospital and have them think I was a sissy, so I told them it was in the Wembley Stadium." $> S> S> $> Suitable! A popular referee was H.C. at a charitable boxing display, and appeared for the first time in evening clothes. When the first bout was due, he went into tEe centre of the ring and, with arms outstretched, turned slowly ti cure aalence. As a deep hush settled over the au&vence, a coclcnoy cried out: "It fits all right, Milcc. What r.baht buying itl" i
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 14
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177Off the Scent Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 14
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